On the drive from Edinburgh to London we stopped at Lancaster overnight. Had a great dinner at a local Italian resturant and had a quick look around the Lancaster Castle and Priory. The castle is about 800 years old and stands on a site that was a Roman fortification some 1000 years before that! The priory is older than the castle and you can see some of the same gothic decorations that we saw at Roslin. On the other side however, where it was added to a few hundred years later it is plain by comparison.
The castle is still used as a prison but not a high security one. Apparently Lancaster was where the main court (and port before Liverpool) used to be so the more serious criminals were sent here for trial and imprisonment ....and an all expenses paid relocation to Australia.
The castle is still used as a prison but not a high security one. Apparently Lancaster was where the main court (and port before Liverpool) used to be so the more serious criminals were sent here for trial and imprisonment ....and an all expenses paid relocation to Australia.
We have throughly enjoyed your travel log,and your commentary on the places you have been to.It only wets our appetite for next year.Time is running in pretty fast now enjoy the rest of your holiday.
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about the Britanna, there was a Worst Jobs in History documentary and two were on that ship.
Jazzie
Tried everyone's phone on your birthday,but no luck so we wish you "happy birthday Genevieve"
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